Scientists have uncovered why two seemingly opposite ways of targeting the same brain receptor can both promote weight loss. In mice, activating the GIP receptor in the brainstem reduced appetite, ...

Scientists have long thought an unusual genetic system helped ants, bees, and wasps evolve their extraordinary social ...

Astronomers have released more than three million new spectra in a sweeping expansion that, for the first time, brings SDSS-V optical observations to the Southern Hemisphere. The data reveal ...

Simply choosing the stairs could have surprisingly big benefits for your heart and longevity. A large analysis involving more than 480,000 people found that regular stair climbers were 39% less likely ...

Women who used estrogen-only hormone therapy later in life were less likely to develop dementia and showed fewer signs of Alzheimer’s disease in their brains, according to a large study of more than ...

Ancient remains from Vietnam suggest diseases like yaws may have been passed from mother to child thousands of years ago, a ...

Researchers have discovered that a gene linked to congenital heart disease acts like an architect for the heart cell’s DNA.

NASA is assembling the foundations of a future Moon Base through a wave of robotic missions and powerful new commercial ...

The adult brain may be far better at repairing itself than scientists once believed. In mice, researchers discovered a ...

A total solar eclipse will plunge parts of Europe into darkness on August 12, 2026, with Spain offering some of the best ...

Atomically thin semiconductors could enable dramatically smaller and more efficient chips, but a stubborn problem at the ...

Some black holes roaming the Universe today may actually be older than the Big Bang. A new cosmic “bounce” model suggests the ...